PHF maintains collaborative and cooperative relationships with many organizations throughout the public health community.

• Step-by-step breast self-examination (BSE) instructions are now available through the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's virtual BSE program at www.komen.org/bse. BSE instruction is provided through video animation, audio clips and written directions in both English and Spanish.

• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids – This site provides information on the deadly consequences of the youth tobacco epidemic.

• CDC Flu website – Contains a broad range of tools and information for patients, care providers, and individuals, including educational materials for use promoting influenza vaccination. 

• Join Together – A project of the Boston University School of Public Health, Join Together is the major provider of current news, research and funding opportunities for people working in the fields of tobacco, alcohol and drug prevention and treatment.

• National Center for Infectious Diseases: Traveler's Health – A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site that provides health information on specific destinations. The site includes information regarding illness and injury abroad, travel tips for students traveling abroad, disaster relief workers responding to disasters internationally or domestically, outbreaks, traveling with children, special needs travelers, traveling with pets, vaccinations, safe food and water, cruise ships and air travel, travel medicine clinics, presentations for health professionals, and health hotline numbers.

• National Immunization Program - This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site provides recommended vaccination and immunization schedules, as well as other useful information. The "Pink Book"--Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases--provides comprehensive epidemiological data and vaccine recommendations for diseases such as anthrax, hepatitis A and B, human papillomavirus, measles, rotavirus, smallpox, zoster (shingles), and tetanus. The Pink Book contains comprehensive information on each vaccine-preventable disease, as well as information on: principles of vaccination, general recommendations on immunization, immunization strategies for healthcare practices and providers, and vaccine safety.

• National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center – Provides patients, health professionals, and the public with resources and information on metabolic bone diseases and related diseases, including osteoporosis, Paget's disease of bone, osteogenesis imperfecta, primary hyperparathyroidism, fibrous dysplasia (monostotic, polyostotic McCune-Albright syndrome) and osteopetrosis.

• National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) – A national clearinghouse for women's health, sponsored by the Office on Women's Health within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It acts as a "women's health central," reducing to a single point of entry, the vast array of information available through more than 1500 Federal and private sector organizations.  See also girlshealth.gov - a web site designed specifically for use by girls.

• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) – The latest up-to-date clinical information about SARS can always be found at: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/clinicians.htm.

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